CAPT. JEREMIAH JEFFREY AYRES was born in Ulysses, Tompkins county, New York, in December, 1811. He received a fair education. When scarcely nineteen years of age he shipped on a whaler at New Bedford and spent a year and a half in the Pacific. In 1842 he settled at Williamsport and opened the first bookstore of the city, continuing in the business, with slight interruptions, for a period of about thirty-six years. In 1845 he was appointed postmaster of Williamsport, which office he held until 1849. In 1846 he was appointed by the Lycoming Mutual Insurance Company as the first local agent of that corporation in Williamsport, and served in that capacity until 1869. He was again commissioned as postmaster in 1867, and served until 1869. About 1836, while a resident of Ithaca, New York, he was appointed captain of Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth New York Militia; this gave him the military title he so honorably bore to the close of his life. In 1839 Captain Ayres married Miss Cordelia Derby of Williamsport. He died on the 24th of August, 1880, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. A wife, two sons, and four daughters survived him. Few men of his time were better known in Williamsport, or died more sincerely regretted. He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian church.
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CAPT. JEREMIAH JEFFREY AYRES was born in Ulysses, Tompkins county, New York, in December, 1811. He received a fair education. When scarcely nineteen years of age he shipped on a whaler at New Bedford and spent a year and a half in the Pacific. In 1842 he settled at Williamsport and opened the first bookstore of the city, continuing in the business, with slight interruptions, for a period of about thirty-six years. In 1845 he was appointed postmaster of Williamsport, which office he held until 1849. In 1846 he was appointed by the Lycoming Mutual Insurance Company as the first local agent of that corporation in Williamsport, and served in that capacity until 1869. He was again commissioned as postmaster in 1867, and served until 1869. About 1836, while a resident of Ithaca, New York, he was appointed captain of Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth New York Militia; this gave him the military title he so honorably bore to the close of his life. In 1839 Captain Ayres married Miss Cordelia Derby of Williamsport. He died on the 24th of August, 1880, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. A wife, two sons, and four daughters survived him. Few men of his time were better known in Williamsport, or died more sincerely regretted. He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Presbyterian church.
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